Date of Award
5-3-2007
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Lynée Lewis Gaillet - Chair
Second Advisor
Elizabeth Sanders Lopez
Third Advisor
Mary Hocks
Abstract
Despite the prevalence and ubiquity of media in North American culture, educators still show reluctance to embrace media literacy as a necessary literacy. This study examines two media literacy activities using descriptive teacher research, and defining usefulness based on student response and applicability to composition objectives in the English 1101 classroom. Both lessons produce useful findings, with students rating the second activity as more useful than the first activity. This research lends sample assignments and confidence to instructors seeking to employ simple media literacy tactics in the introductory composition classroom.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1059476
Recommended Citation
Carmichael, Misty Dawn, "Teaching Media Literacy in the Composition Classroom: Are We There Yet?." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2007.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1059476